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Alot of persons on this forum always advise newbies on post quality.my question is simple and on behalf of other newbies like my self is it necessary to monitor your activity and post count in comparison with your merits

Like does it mean  someone with and account say
Activity;50
Merit;87
Post;51

Has more quality post or is a better poster than someone with say
Activity;100
Merit;87
Posts;150

Firstly this is not the Best place to post this type of topics you can take it to the beginners and help and it would actually make sense. Also I would advice you to also read up pinned messages in groups you joined . There are some pinned messages that properly explains everything well and also some frequently asked questions.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

All this links would help you understand it properly

I would say it is both. First the number of activity or post per merit doesn’t guarantees a person has a quality poster, there cases where some could get close or above 50 merits on a single thread imagine this person has less than 40 activity or even post, it could simply be mistake that with higher merit this person posts are of quality but that doesn’t mean anything because aside the one or two thread that those merits were shared on the rest posts could be of less quality.

Secondly the person with an higher merit might be as a result of posting in various threads that merit aren’t distributed on like the gambling section or even if the person has post quality most of the posts were skipped for merit unknowingly and that is why the likes of the Sceptical Chymist, fillippone, Ratimov and Loyce V have threads that you could report those posts on for review.

That aside, the other thing again is when someone has a very larger number of posts varying from merit like 200+ activity and a single merit or less than 10 then it can easily be said that this person doesn’t post quality stuffs and that is he gets overlooked for merits. Most of these people are easily fond of creating meaningless threads

My friend its pretty simple, quality post actually speaks for themselves  in terms of merits that would be awarded to them and as a newbie, you can only make quality post if you dedicated your time to read carefully and contributed actively to your best knowledge in discussion that are currently held in the forum but there is the fact that you have to actually have something upstair about the topic you are replying before you contribute, so reading more will definitely help you as a newbie to post quality post which by all means attracts merits.

Post quality, from the name is very simple. It just means that as a newbie who want to rank up here on Bitcoin talk, you have to created good outstanding post. A post that is worthy of discussion. Sometimes newbies tend to spam the forum with lots of different shitposting that doesn't really make sense(I was ones a newbie) in search for merit. The merit system was implemented to help reduce such acts for newbies and other members of the forum. So, quality posting is one thing that you are required to learn if you want to rank up.
 
Here are some links to learn how to make quality posts as a newbie
how to make a quality post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5394165.msg59832737#msg59832737)
making a quality post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5109908.msg49737807#msg49737807)



As a newbie I don't think that should be a burden to you right now, if you focus on trying to balance your merits with activities and post, then you will end up not earning merits. Merits are earned when you engage with post and give a quality reply. But not all post you make are certainly to give you merits. And don't forget you need merits to rank up successfully so you've gat to follow the rules of the forum and try checking out the links provided for you by BIT-BENDER, they will help a long way.

This is not a bitcoin discussion, I think you should move this topic to Beginners and Help.

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What’s to be considered quality post is subjective, there is no one way to look at it. From the two examples you gave, the post quality of the two users cannot be determined by simply their activity/merit ratio because there are local boards where one can easily get 50 merits posting there, also participating in contests and positing in wall observer can boost one’s merit as there is a lot of merit spree in these sections. It’s often said that the rank of an account doesn’t mean the user is a bitcoin expert.

Merit is not an indication of post quality so you cannot make a direct correlation between the number of merits, activity, and posts.

The general idea is that there should be a good post to merit ratio which is indicative that the member makes quality posts and gets rewarded with merits more than not.
But it doesn't matter much as long as you're learning with time spent on the forum.

There is no general view of the makeup of a quality post because it could be subjective. A quality post is writing that fits in the discussion, is well-developed, is coherent, and is correct. A quality post should add value to the discussion through the addition of new ideas or exposing the discussion to other important areas. A quality post might also ask or answer relevant questions from the discussion. It shouldn't derail the thread or written in poor grammar or language. It should be written in a manner that others will comprehend it's contents.


Not everyone that has merits that is greater than activity is a quality poster. Indeed, merit will always be given to a quality post but members can get merit through some other means apart from posts. I have seen members get merits from humanitarian activity, competition or discoveries. Understand that quality posters will always get merits but it shouldn't make you assume that low-merit earners are not quality posters. Maybe some of them don't post on boards that are usually visited by merit sources.

The quality could be mean as a subject or in a objective way. For getting objective this reflects the knowledge you share to the specific content which answers the question, contribute to the content that could benefit the community, anothe is being subjective people seeing those contents when they like the perspective of the creator those people receives a merit it does not mean that you have low number of goodness not always your content is bad, but sometimes merit reflects how you create a good number of contents.

If someone isn't getting a lot of merit, it's not a sign that most or all of their posts are bad. Merit is a limited resource and typically it's awarded for outstanding posts and valuable insights. If you are making average posts, you might be not getting a lot of merit while not actually being a shitposter. Also, using total earned merit can show incorrect results, because sometimes there are posts that earn a lot of merit, dozens or even hundreds; so a user can have a large share of their merit coming from just a few posts, while the rest of their posts are average.

So a better stat would be median merit per post if you want to compare users' merits.

quality posts that are often recommended to many beginners are not a matter of the number of posts, merit and activity.
quality posts are posts that we make and in them have informative / solutive / critical value.
simply put, these posts and posts are not just conveying pleasantries but rather a post that has "added value" when discussed in this forum with other members.

I personally am also still learning to make quality posts.

And what I understand is that quality posts are
✓ Easy to understand posts
✓ Posts that contain information and insight that readers need
✓ Do not get out of the topic discussed
✓ Do not copy and paste from other people's writings, unless only using it as a reference for thoughts and the like. and except when including the source of thought.

I think that's all for the beginning that must be understood. And it doesn't take much to check activities and merits and compare them. but I also see that people who have quality posts are great. they always have an amount of Merit that exceeds the amount of their activity in this forum.

No I don't think so, high merit per post count doesn't always means the person always make a good post, it's not a secret that there are many people abusing merit, I mean not everyone is abusing merit but it's truly many. And if that's true than I am considered as a low quality poster, tho maybe I am, but I always try to make my post informative and adding something to the discussion, not always give a solution but I won't just type useless stuff and shitpost.

Now, what I consider as a good post, - I don't think that there are a standard for an actual good post that everyone is agreed in this forum except the post shouldn't plagiarize anything, so it might be very subjective -

• If you are making a new thread, you need to search whether similar thread already made before, if yes read the previous thread and if your still can't find the answer just join the discussion and ask your question in that thread
• If you are making a new thread or replying to a please make it at least understandable, use something like gramarly for tidying up your post, it's not rare that I saw some post that are not even understandable
• don't talk bullshit, only talk about something that you are really have the knowledge about it, so you don't accidentally spread false information
• Never do plagiarism, it will get you banned

I think that's all you need to make a 'good' post or at least 'fairly good' post, I know my standard is not that high on good post, but I think this is the minimum requirement that you are not considered spamming with your post.

Do you think that every merited post is a quality post? But I remember merits were awarded for being honest, sarcastic, only for emojis.

So it's subjective and you can't compare one is better if they only made less posts but have more merit count than posts. So the important factor for someone to make posts with value and relevance rather than solely aiming to increase their post/merit count. However combination of high activity, merit count, and quality posts can indicate a well-rounded and valuable contributor to the forum.

While merits is generally perceived as a tool that rewards good and quality posts, I wouldn’t use just someone’s merit count to just label the person a good and quality poster.
Merits are given to posts whom one perceived are good and quality or even funny posts. Hence, what could be described as quality posts could vary between users.

Generally, I would say a quality post could be said to be posts that are engaging, informative, accurate and relevant to the discussions at hand.
When people want to read what you’ve posted as there are things to be learnt, then you could say you’re a quality poster.

Earned merit and merit per post ration don't reflect post quality of a user if you simply look at two numbers. A member can get merit from exellent posts (quality makes sense here) or from funny posts (no quality at all).

You must look at merited posts and verify their quality. If merited posts have good quality, those numbers likely reflect quality of the user. Oppositely, you can doubt about quality of the user.

If I make a meme and get 50 merit (max cap in one month from one forum member), it won't make me like a quality member with 1 post and 50 merit, merit per post ratio is 50.

I thought you were asking about quality content. Why do you provide an example of getting merit against the number of activities or posts? There's no need to think about it, or you'll be stressed out.

Let it all flow and enjoy. It should be noted that:

1] Merit delivery is not moderated
2] Delivery of merit can be subjective (Mostly not)
3] If you need merit, many threads can be used to get merit
4] Find your own way in forums

But if you want to see quality posts made by new users, you can check out:
Project: Preturnio - a full text search engine for Bitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5450316.msg62154972#msg62154972)
preturnio (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3548556) Activity 11/merit 258

If you want to be like him, do as he did.

Merit is not a benchmark for those who are mentioned as quality posters. Merit is also used as a tool to appreciate members to other members because of the contributions made to the forum and other members who feel helped.
perhaps the OP has been reading at this point regarding how to create a thread or post that builds on the discussion. You can share information that you really control. and it opens up better opportunities for you to collect more Merit. what needs to be understood, the good quality mentioned may be different in the assessment between members. so if you've made a post that you think is good but haven't gotten the Merit, you don't need to be discouraged. several Merit sources are willing to review your post.

Sometimes we are too concerned about meeting a certain post standard that we forget one important tool about posting and that is originality and uniqueness. Aside from the fact that your post must be insightful and educative, some posters try to imitate a certain pattern of posting style and forget to be unique.

I think it's a bit frustrating to see that you make quality posts yet the reward (merits) are not forthcoming. The best thing to do is to keep up the work, before you know it, you'd get not just merits where you didn't expect it and also, the more quality content you drop, you become recognized by merit sources in the forum.

Not really. Activity only significant to note when you are closing requirements if you are gonna rank soon enough. But doing a quality post means more and merits are just a proof of that since people are giving off those to users sharing a helpful post (quality one I supposed). There are specific activity needef for each rank but that accompany with prerequisite merits too. But dont mind that and keep doing contributions. Sooner or later it would make sense to you.

Yes, you are right but there is no confirmed and universal rule which could tag someone a good poster while other as bad. I have seen so many profiles here and mostly what i found is, people who make great contributions like, in helping newbies to learn the platform, helping newbies to learn the basics of Blockchain etc. Are rewarded with lot of merits.

Just check some example below.
The Lightning Network FAQ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5158920.msg51615708#msg51615708)
This is only one topic of the OP i have mentioned here, and you can check the number of merits he earned and on the other hand you can must have read many topics which seems to be so general and useless because most of them are keep repeating and that's why they earn less merits.

Which shows that, if one is good poster it means he made some valuable contribution in platform but there is another one who do not made any valuable contributions just posting replays in someone's topic. Which might be valuable to someone but not to other because tagging some as good and bad have no universal rule.

There is nothing much about these two example you have given
The only difference there is that the first person has lesser post count than the second person, whereby the second person has a more post count than the first person. The more post you have the more your activities increases over time but that doesn't show how your post quality is, but however your merits earning defines how constructive your post are but naturally some fellow are free giver of merits it could be they applied for a post review in other for them to gain more merits.

There is no need to monitor your activity and post count in comparison with your merits. Even it's doesn't actually mean the reality about your post quality. But receiving merits is a common way to identify your specific post is outstanding but not all.

If your activity is more than in comparison of merits but posts have a deep meaning, they are useful and not meaningless then you are a constructive user. But you may not receive because your posts aren't noticed by Merit sources or your board isn't oftenly visited by them. If you are continuously helping  others , sharing resources , your experience and advices then you will surely be appreciated by receiving merits and your post quality is much better but still there some will be unlucky posts. So post quality is how much your posts are helpful for the forum by maintaining all the forum rules.

To maintain post quality everyone should post less but not meaningless. But it would be appreciated if someone continue posting actively and contributing in the forum.

If you have the experience of the first instance as made by the example given above, it means means you have indeed been posting well and it's one of the criterials to proof your quality post efforts, if you have the second experience as well doesn't mean you aren't posting with quality taughts, maybe where you often made your posts to are boards or threads that often needs less merits being distributed unlike other boards where merits is commonly distributed, also the quality of taughts in your post matters, which means lately you have been identified with making post with lesser quality insights deserving to be merited, one can as well improve on his pattern in this case.

It mean engaging post that can catch interest of other people, so stay relevant on the discussion made so that they could see that you post relevant and it made them think to give you a merit.
You can also get a merit by posting good threads which has not been posted by other member. That's why good research is important so that you can share something helpful and from that you might be rewarded a merit by other respected forum users.

The quantity of posts, merits, or activity does not necessarily indicate a quality poster because there are numerous merit sources on the forum such as Fillipone and the sceptical chymist, who routinely award merits. In order to increase their merits, some people would post on nearly every page of the Filippone merit giveaway thread, which has now turned into a spam zone and there are some local boards that giveaway merit as well and since its not a general language for everyone most of their post are for limited audience. Quality posts are typically determined by a person's knowledge threshold. A knowledgeable user will post and make a significant contribution to the forum. Activity and posts are indicators of how frequently you participate in conversations and how long you have been a forum member.

Despite the fact that the number of merits does not directly correlate with the quality of posts (sometimes merits are given simply for agreeing with the author or for a funny joke / picture), if you want to pay attention to this, you can calculate the ratio of merits to the number of posts made. The forum average is less than 0.2. So if you meet a user who has a much higher ratio, then you can consider him as an established member of the forum, writing posts appreciated by others.

It seems I don't agree with this and that's not how quality post count.
IMO, the best advice would be this, don't interact with a topic that you don't know because if you'll insist it will become irrelevant to the discussion and surely will create spam.  As long as you've contributed to the discussion that would be a quality post for me.

However, as a newbie, I advise you to read more than more posting, always have a source and verify what you contribute, and make sure it will not mislead other forum members that will possibly create FUD.

Merits and activity have nothing to do with the post quality, sometimes it does because merit farming is also very common. Sometimes with luck, you can generate 20+ merits from a single meme post or something like that and sometimes after creating a good topic, investing time in it, and guiding people about your view cannot bring even a single merit for you. What values your post is the content and originality in your content. Consistency can also be considered as a point in the quality posting.

If you are regularly creating good content on the forum and not getting any response in the form of the merits there are threads where you can post references to your posts and moderators can have a look at them and merit you. It is hard for merit sources and moderators to merit on every quality post because you know very well how many topics are daily created and how many posts are daily made. Merits are limited in every section.

You can't compare the though, Activity, Merit and Post Count has nothing to do with it. Others have posted already some threads that might help you out with regards to all of them.

But I will say that Merit, or how someone gave a member a merit is very subjective and so it varies from individual to individual. As long as you are engaging in a good conversation on a certain topic, it's good enough and for sure merit will come. Regardless if you're reply is just one liner or you created a thread yourself to help others.

I would have been happy if I could have found a genuine answer, all by your own. You have created this thread, without realizing your full potential. Next time first do your search and if you are unable to find the desired reply then ask a question! on this thread. Do refer this thread to get a good idea about activity - FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0).

Well, for me, I would say that both accounts have good post quality because there is not much of a gap between the merit count and their activity. The reason why I think so is because this forum is just like every other social media platform where discussion is going every minute, and you don't expect that out of 20 statements that someone will be making a day, all will be 100% high quality, because some posts might not really be of good quality, but those with good quality will receive merit quite often.


Activity counts are usually done every two weeks. Your activity will increase by +14 on the last Wednesday of the second week, so a good poster should at least receive up to 8 merits before the two weeks are complete. For me, that's how I think a quality poster should be measured. What defines the quality of your post is that you should at least earn up to five merits or more in a week.


So, @OP, if you are thinking of becoming a quality poster, then you should at least earn up to 5 merits in a week, although since you are still a newbie, it might not be very easy because you are not yet very familiar with everything on the forum, but as time goes on, you should be able to receive such a amount of merit every week.


Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

The quality of the post depends on someone's point of view in judging.
For me personally, regarding the quality of posts, judging from the side of the content contained therein and how evenly the posts are made.
In addition, I also judge a post by how important the message conveyed through the post is.

You want to associate the quality of the post with the achievement that someone will get with the acquisition of merit? if yes, then show your idea with writing skills.
In terms of ranking up, a person must meet predetermined requirements such as the number of posts, activities and number of merit.

You're right. A whole lot of people are concerned about being seen as or tagged a spammer that they copy the writing styles of someone else that they perceive to be a quality poster.
We're all different and unique in our own way and express ourselves differently and being anonymous on the forum, I see no reason why we can't be ourselves.

It could be quite frustrating  to make posts we think are quality posts and don't receive any merit for it but that's why there are open threads where you could submit yours or someone else's posts that you think are merit worthy.
Also, if we're all posting on here to educate ourselves on different subjects, then it wouldn't be so frustrating if we don't receive as much merits as we think we deserve.

It's not really about the number of your posts, activity, or merit. It's called a quality post because the context includes a great quality of ideas or opinions. Merit isn't the basis of a quality post. Others may give a lot of quality posts but sometimes can be overlooked and don't get much attention, especially in a thread with a lot of replies. Also, you can get merit by replying with a single-line text. It doesn't mean it's a quality post but someone just appreciated it or agreed with what you've said. Merit is like a way of showing appreciation towards a user. And the idea of quality posts can vary depending on each person. It means it can be subjective. Others may find your post with quality while others may not.

I think what term as a quality post is the content itself and not the posts number, merits and activities. Quality post is the post you make a reasonable contribution. And it is the quality post you make that will bring merit. Quality post must be on point. When you create a thread , you should make sure that the subject and the content must align. And also if you are making comments, your comments must tally with the subject and the content of the Op.
Although, users see threads and comments different ways. What is quality for one user might not be quality for another users.

Post count, activities, and merit are not indicators of post quality, as other members have stated.However, there are some cases when I due use a member's merits to assess the quality of a post. If a post is of poor quality, I don't think that member will receive many merits for it, so I always assume that posts from members who have a lot of merits relative to their activities are of high quality. This is because I understand that merit are awarded for posts with useful information that are also positively constructive.Consequently, I'll claim that we can assess a poster's quality based on its merit also.

From my observations, Possibly, the first account holder gained more merits as a result of his or her contributions with good effort posts either answering newbies or discovery of errors or lapses which makes them get more merits. While the second possible had low efforts post which did not really yielded merit for them.

I think sometimes it is also as a result of boards where some majorly post. There are some boards where attention is not given much so in that aspect the possibility of getting merit rewards for a quality post there is small only if one applies for meriting through any of the merit source threads.

One good feature of this forum is that, no one specific way of justifying how the distribution of merits work. A quality post can be abandoned with no single merit, despite receiving lots of commendation from members on the comment section. The distribution is decentralized, only people with Smerit can give out merits to a post that pleases their expectations after going through the write up. If you judge it that way, OP, it means members who have over 10,000 posts and 3000 merits are sharing low quality contents in the forum, it's wrong. Every member has a particular user who awarded them the most merits, showing it's a personal expectation, but then the post is always worth the merits. Hence every quality poster suddenly gets merited and most times never thought the post will get some merits.

Those numbers don't mean much the percentage of posts merited is easily manipulated by someone looking to boost merit count for an alt account.

Your numbers below:

Activity: 9
Merit: 1
Posts: 10

With a few clicks I could give you 9 merits

and you would be at :

Activity: 9
Merit: 10
Posts: 10


Frankly I actually think your first post on this thread is a good post. As it points out that merit percentage for newer members can easily be boosted to 100%



Look at my numbers

Activity: 3808
Merit: 5915
Posts: 41904


6 out of 41 is a 14% merit percentage.

easy to jack up

but 5915/41904 is also 14% merit percentage.  And it is easy to see I will never get to 100% merit percentage.

Its also easy to see I do not need a merit (this can cost me merits).

If you have 4 merits to give and a newer guy has a old post and I have a good post  you may pick the newer guy.

I think your question could be seen as a good post as it is addressing merit percentage as a guide to good posters.


I also think my answer is a merit worthy.

In both cases we may not get any merits.

You are right mate. I think most of what you have said seems correct because it is not all boards merit source look at for the time being. hence they have their thread for possible applications for merit because there are some posts believed to be lacking merits so in that case one needs to submit their good quality post to get rewarded with merit as that is the only way their post could be noticed.

One more aspect of this is a user who has very good knowledge related to crypto but has limited time to post here. So he could have got more merits but his stats will differ because of less activity.

It seems you are getting this wrong at O.P, because one thing you need to understand is that the number of "Activity" or "Post" count on your account does not or is not a criteria to determined quality of post, as when people say post "Quality post" is simply means they are telling Newbies add value when making contributions to forum discussion, because an "Activity" is determined by how much time spent on the forum, and likewise merit determined by how much such user gave meaningful & helpful contributions to discussion, while post count is just a mere number.

It's neither of the two illustrations above or any other elsewhere. I'm one of the very few who have continued to insist that meriting posts is a subjective matter. It's the same way we say generally that, "beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." Anyone meriting any post(s) does that from the angle that they like what's written which may not be seen or perceived by others as such. Going forward, OP should know that the number of merits a user has doesn't equate quality posting from the said user. If you look closely, you can see several profiles with good post quality but they hardly get merited or merited enough.

To me quality on posts and participation means those posts that can be translated into positive engagement. Also, it is worth to notice that the quality of a participation depends much on the point of view of each one of us, there have been posts around here which have been merited by some but others would find them to be rather bad or even unnecessary.

That is just my opinion, of course...

In other words - post quality is subjective from one user to another. There's no consensus on what quality is - but when the written content is good, useful and constructive on the thread, then I think it's a quality post.

After all, getting merit for a post doesn't necessarily determine if it's a quality post - but someone might approve of your efforts or might like your post. In practice - highly reputable users tend to be perceived as quality users even if they once time posted the same advice as a non-reputable user's post. They are easy to get merit with - while others are difficult.

But wait - that is just my opinion too, of course.

Actually, the meaning of quality full post for me is those posts that benefit others it can be the news, technology updates or tips and tricks, etc. For me, merit refers to the qualification of a member. In this case, the higher the merit, the higher the quality of the poster. Because only the quality full post it has been able to get merits. Yes, it is true that many members increase the number of merits through abuse of merit but I think if we look at the overall it will not be able to take him very far.
So on this criteria I would choose the first example you gave as a higher quality full poster than the poster in the second example. Because for me quantity doesn't matter, quality is the matter. The poster given in the second example may have more posts but as per his qualification the first one has managed to achieve the number of merits he got with fewer posts. I wouldn't call him a bad poster but I think the quality is a bit lower than the first person because his post quantity is more than the first person.

What you wrote is an example of what's NOT a quality post, and I've snipped most of it out for brevity's sake.  Rambling words that don't say anything interesting, or repeat what others have said, or are just plain incoherent are examples of what we've fondly referred to as "shitposts" for years now.

But Mr.suevie is correct, though, "post quality" really is a simple concept, and it doesn't matter whether merits are earned or not.  Good posts should be interesting or informative or both.  And on top of that, they ought to be written with proficiency in whatever language is being used.  If you read one of your own posts and try to think objectively as to whether you'd want to read it if you were someone else, that should be a good measure of whether your post is a quality one.

Browsing through this thread I'm seeing a lot of advice from members who can't write for shit (and are getting paid to do so, no less).  Threads like this aggravate me to no end.

The Sceptical Chymist, you kick their ball very hard, I think.  :D

About the quality of the posts, to be honest I've overlooked so many users on my local board that they completely ignored the rules in my one of the help threads moderated. They failed to understand the rule of the thread that only quality posts can be included in the review application, but almost every day I see them starting to abuse the generosity of other users because they only meet the minimum quota of the application without caring about the expected quality.

I think this quote is very useful for some of them right now.

I have been trying to figure this out because I believe most merit source can not go round the boards to see for themselves posts that is worth meriting and likewise too some post lacks merit as well  while some merit source have specific number of merits to allocate per post. In this case when a post that is worth more merits is undermerited, based on the merit criteria would a merit source still allocate merit to the post?

Sometimes the merit to activity ratio is not a true measure of quality. Most people attracts merits more than others. You can be producing quality but in a board that lacks merits and this will make your merit count not to equate your post quality.
Some other users apply in different merit awarding threads while others don't.  Some users even get monthly post review by some merit sources.  Such users may have higher merits than you and that doesn't mean they produce more quality than you.
I have written about quality posts. You can read this thread to see what I consider as a quality post - What is a Quality post? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5420417.msg61271634#msg61271634)

A quality post does not need to receive merit instantly or a few days after posting. People loss their minds when their self-thought quality post is not merited after a few days.

To receive merit, it needs many contributors: seen by members who have sendable merit including merit sources, and those members have sendable merit at that moment to send. If they are empty when they see a quality post, they skip it and no merit. If they really want to merit it, they will bookmark it and return to merit it days or weeks later.

If months later, someone quotes a quality post, makes it visible, it will have chance to receive merit even it is a very old post.

I agreed also think merit is not matter "post quality" mean helpful or informative post and valuable discussion, quality post with gather number of merits is not true for the factors, But if you keep making helpful posts then you will keep getting merit. "post quality" make to follow for two thinks:-
1. You can share information (but not violate rules or scammed).
2. Help others people when need or solved the problem.

Thanks @The Sceptical Chymist and @BlackBoss_ sharing the value and for encourage new thinking.

I guess you're having the wrong perception here mate merits, posts, and activity don't matter the quality of the post will just depend on the quality of the post itself. I mean yes high-rank members will have higher posts or merits received and probably could make more quality post than someone that is just a newbie,  but that doesn't mean that all newbies don't have quality posts, newbies definitely could make quality posts Even though he or she was just a newbie, but the higher rank like legendary for sure have a lot of experience on cryptocurrency and would probably make a quality post most of the time. Also the longer the length of the post doesn't mean its a quality post, you need to check the contest of the post, sometimes the post answer was just direct to the point.

You could just depend on the information it has in a post, like sharing experiences knowledge, etc, and if it does answer the topic or the question of the OP you could say that it is a quality post.

For me Post quality is all about the uniqueness, how your post contribute greatly to the forum and also how others can learn from it .
A quality post should/must contain great content, opinions mad attract merits

As you said, it's called post "quality" not "quantity" so I wasn't even thinking you'd make that comparison anyways ...
Post quality can equally be termed as the value and essence of posting outrightly; anyone could get up and make any post they feel like, but if doesn't answer a question, solve a problem, direct and guide, then that post isn't termed as being "quality"
Alot of people could define that to Thier own discretion but you're just gonna realize that it rhymes and has a common aim, which is ORIENTATION. Since the forum is a community to learn and to unlearn, alot of peeps always feel it's right to teach and learn in the process too.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Another instance is that post quality should not be rewarded base on the numbers of posts made but the quality of insights it's made up of, a quality post is not out of our own individuals discretion to judge on that except we are involved in making such transaction and still get involved to determine wether it's worth a quality standard or not that could receive being merited by someone, so the beholder judge wether your post is a quality post or not under his own best way of understanding quality post a d how he feels the impact of touch through what you've posted.

In short, post quality means how informative, helpful and on-topic your post is. At the same time, you have to keep in mind that if there is an answer in thread on the question, then there is no need to reinvent the wheel and post solution again unless you offer something different and that's why I am posting here because no one has said this:
We learn from examples, right?
So, check out the posts of these people and you'll immediately understand what high quality post means:
o_e_l_e_o (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1188543)
ETFbitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=359716)
stompix (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=164749)
DaveF (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=300014)
LoyceV (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=459836)
NotATether (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2739424)
RickDeckard (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1681586)
franky1 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=65837)

There are a lot of people out there who post high quality posts but I can't really tag all of them, it will take some time :D But you can check the post history of these users to really understand what high quality post means and will help you to figure out what's low quality post :D